Installation Tips for your Crimestopper/ProStart Remote Start system (add-on for GM vehicles) v1.02 updated 1/16/2013 Thank you for purchasing your remote start from MyPushcart.com - an industry leader in providing remote starts to doit-yourself installers since 1999. We ve put this tip sheet together to help you with your installation. The purpose of this sheet is to help you organize your installation - not to replace your installation manual. You will still need to refer to that. If you provided us with your vehicle model/year at the time of purchase, you will have a wiring chart for your particular vehicle. We re going to refer to that a lot. If you do not have the wiring chart, email us at sales@mypushcart.com so we can send you a copy. Be sure to include the model/year of your vehicle, your name and your sales order number. Three very important things before you get started: Read the entire installation manual. There are several safety tips in there that you need to know before you start Avoid using a test light to probe wires. Test lights can set off air bags and damage ECU s, if you probe the wrong wire. Your vehicle wiring chart will identify the correct wires that you ll be tapping on to in your car. If you must probe, use a digital multi-meter. They re inexpensive and won t set off air bags or burn circuit boards. Overview There are 4 basic steps to this remote start installation. We re going to address each of these: 1. Make your wiring connections for the remote start 2. Connect the bypass and activation relay 3. Program the bypass & test the system 4. Button it up! Need to know where all the components go? See Installer s Tip #1 on page 5 Step 1 Wiring When you open up your remote start, you re going to see a whole bunch of wires. You re not going to use all of them. The remote starts are designed with wiring options for a variety of cars and no car is going to use all of them. We re going to break the wiring down into four parts - your main power connections, what we ll call your secondary connections for your remote start, connections for your door locks/trunk release and connections for the bypass module. Here s where the vehicle wiring chart comes into play. The wiring chart will help you locate the wires in your car that you re going to use. Don t be intimidated by all the different wires listed on the chart you re only going to be using a few of them. 1 P a g e
Reading your wiring chart Each line of the wiring chart contains 3 pieces of information that you will need (continued on next page): The Wire Function The color of the wire in the car The location of the wire in the car The polarity of the circuit The illustrations below will show you where to find that information on your chart. Making your wiring connections The tables on the next 2 pages show you where to connect the wires from your remote start into the car. Any wires on your remote start that are NOT listed in the table are NOT USED. Helpful Hint: In most cases, the wires on the remote start are way longer than needed. Trim off excess wire when you make your connections, but leave some slack - this will allow you a little flexibility when it comes time to stow the remote start module after the installation is completed. Remote Start Wire Red (6-pin harness, 2 wires) Pink (6-pin harness) Brown (6-pin harness) Grey (6-pin harness) Pink/White (6-pin harness) Connect to the wire for the circuit on the vehicle chart labeled: Constant 12 Volts Ignition 12-Volts Starter Accessory Ignition # 2 (not present on all vehicles) Black (12-pin harness) System Ground connect this to a solid metal ground in the car Yellow/Black (12-pin harness) Connect to the IB-GMBP bypass Brown wire Red/Black (12-pin harness) Connect to +12volts *or* Ground. See NOTE 1 White (12-pin harness) Parking Lights See NOTE 1 Purple (12-pin harness) Brake Switch Grey (12-pin harness) Hood Input (See NOTE 2) 2 P a g e
Brown (12-pin harness) Green (RED 3-pin harness) Trunk/Hatch Release (If vehicle is equipped with this feature) To pin 30 on the activation relay The connections below MAY be needed Orange/Black (12-pin harness) OEM Alarm Disarm use only if your car has a factory alarm system Red/White (12-pin harness) Tach Signal (See NOTE 3) Pink (12-pin harness) Glow Plug Input (for diesels only) NOTE 1 Some vehicles will call for a + polarity connection to the parking light circuit and some will call for a - connection. The red/black wire on the remote start is used to select the polarity of the remote start s parking light output. If your vehicle s parking light wire is shown with a + on your wiring chart, connect the red/black wire to a constant +12v power source (you can tap it right on to one of the large red power input wires on the remote start s 6-pin harness). If your vehicle s parking light wire is shown with a - on your wiring chart, connect the red/black wire to ground. The white wire in the remote start 12-pin harness is the actual parking light output wire. After you ve properly selected it s polarity using the red/black wire, connect the white wire to the parking light wire in your vehicle, as indicated on your wiring chart. NOTE 2 The grey wire is used with a pin switch (included in your kit) to prohibit the remote start from activating while the hood is open. This is an important safety feature! NOTE 3 Most vehicles will not require this connection. The remote start has a tach sensing circuit built in. The purpose of that circuit (or the tach wire if you need it) is to enable the remote start to detect when the engine has started so it will stop cranking the starter. When you test your system, if the starter keeps cranking after the engine has started, you ll need to connect the tach wire. Once the wire is connected, take two additional steps: 1) Change Programming Option #1 to the tach setting (see page 15 in the installer s manual). 2) Program the tach circuit as shown on page 13 of the installation manual. Before proceeding to the bypass installation, plug your pushbutton and LED into the remote start. For tips on where to install them, see Installer s Tip #1 on Page 5 See Installer s Tip # 2 on Page 5 for tips on how to make your wiring connections Step 2 Wire the bypass and activation relay Installing your bypass The IB-GMBP bypass requires a total of 4 connections. You will be using Install 1 as shown on the instruction sheet. The black wire goes to ground The orange wire goes to constant +12v. You can connect it on to one of the large red power input wires in the remote start s 6-pin harness. The brown wire has a red plug. Cut the plug off, then connect the brown wire to the Yellow/Black on the remote start s 12-pin harness. The violet wire** connects to the wire going in to the back of Pin 2 on the vehicle s diagnostic connector. The IB-GMBP instruction sheet has a great drawing that will help you identify the correct connector. **IMPORTANT! Don t connect the violet wire until all the other bypass connections have been made and the bypass harness is plugged in to the bypass module. 3 P a g e
Installing your activation relay Some vehicles will require adding a relay to activate the remote start from the factory door lock system. On your wiring chart, locate the line that says DRIVER LOCK MOTOR. Important Note: there is another line on the wiring chart that says Lock. THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT WIRE. Only use the wire shown on the chart as DRIVER LOCK MOTOR. This line on the chart will show you the color, location and polarity of the Motor Lock Wire in your vehicle. Most GM vehicles have a + polarity Motor Lock Wire. If yours does, connect the relay as shown in the chart below. If the polarity is noted a - or REV POL, you will not need the relay. You can make your relay connections either directly to the relay pins, or you can use the harness provided. The pin numbers can be found on the bottom of the relay, next to the pins. Only 4 of the 5 pins will be used. The pin in the middle will not be used. If you use the wiring harness, you should pull the middle wire out. Pin # Relay Harness Color Connect to: 30 Blue Remote start green wire in RED 3-pin harness 85 White Motor Lock wire in vehicle 86 Black Ground 87 Yellow Ground Helpful Hint hold off on actually making the Pin 30 connection until later. Leaving that wire unconnected will make testing the system easier. Step 3 Program the bypass and test the system Once wiring is completed, program your bypass as shown on the IB-GMBP instruction sheet, Install 1. Once all your connections are made, you should test the system before putting everything back together. 1. Program your remote start for 3 pulse activation. Instructions are on page 15 of the remote start installation manual. Change option #17 to 3 Press. 2. With the key removed from the ignition and the doors closed, take the green activation wire from the remote start 3-pin red harness (the wire that you will soon connect to Pin 30 on the activation relay) and touch it to chassis ground three times in succession. The parking lights should flash and the vehicle should start. 3. Press the brake pedal the engine should shut down. Now connect the remote start green activation wire to Pin 30 on the relay and repeat the test sequence. 4 P a g e
Step 4 Button it up! Once you ve completed testing the system, it s time to close it up. Gather up all your wiring and neatly bundle it together using zip ties or electrical tape. Find a secure place to put the remote start module and use zip ties to secure it. Make sure that the remote start wires are not near any moving parts on the steering wheel, pedals or emergency brake! Installer s Tips Tip #1 Where Everything Goes There are 4 parts to your system: 1. Remote start module the wiring for the module is done under the dash on the driver s side, so you ll want to install the module in that general area. Before you start wiring, look for a location where there s some open space that will fit the module. Pay attention to moving parts like the pedals, e-brake and steering column. Be sure to route your wiring away from those areas. 2. Bypass module can be stowed along with the remote start. 3. Programming button Requires a ¼ hole. Usually put in the driver s kick panel (that s the area forward of the door), the driver s side of the center console, or the underside of the dash. 4. Hood Pin Switch An important safety component! Requires a 3/8 hole. Find a location in the engine compartment to mount the switch where the closed hood will keep the plunger in the switch depressed. This is what prevents the car from starting when the hood is open. Tip #2 How to make your wiring connections It s very important that all your wiring connections be solid and secure. All remote start connections are tap on connections. This means that you do not need to cut the wires in the car. You simply need to tap on to the wires in the car to make your connections. Here are three different ways to do this: Method 1 Solder and tape This is the method preferred by the best professional installers. It makes for the most reliable connections, but it is also the most difficult to do. Sometimes there isn t enough room in the wiring harness to safely solder a wire without damaging adjacent wires, but if you have the soldering skills, go for it. To make a connection, strip back a section of the insulation on the wire in the car. On heavy gauge wires, 1 is about the right amount. On lighter gauge wires, ½ is fine. Strip 1 of insulation off the end of the remote start wire. Tin the bare section of wire in the car. Wrap the remote start wire around the tinned section and then carefully solder it in place. Wrap the splice tightly with electrical tape. Method 2 Wrap and tape This is the most popular method and is also very reliable. Strip back a section of the insulation on the wire in the car. On heavy gauge wires, 1 is about the right amount. On lighter gauge wires, ½ is fine. Strip 1 of insulation off the end of the remote start wire. Separate the strands of the wire like this: Pass the wire from the remote through the opening as shown below 5 P a g e
Wrap the remote start wire around both sides of the car wire, then back around itself as shown below Use electrical tape to wrap the connection and secure the wires together. A wire tie will help prevent the tape from unraveling in the future. Method #3 T-Taps T-taps are plastic clips that are squeezed onto the wires in the car. The wire from the remote start goes into the tap and the whole thing is crimped together. T-taps come in different sizes for different size wires. Use yellow t-taps for the larger wires in your main power harness. Red t-taps are good for the smaller wires. Tape and wire tie the connections as shown in the wrap and tape section above that will prevent the t-taps from ever opening up. We now have a tap kit available for purchase for those who prefer to use this method. The kit consists of two types of connectors - The taps and insulated male spade connectors that plug into them. The taps attach to the wires in the car and the spade connectors attach to the wires on the remote start. The spades then plug in to the taps. A crimping tool is required. Use a pair of pliers to attach the quick-connects to the wires in your car. Hold the quick connect as shown on the following page in Figure 1, then clamp it on to the wire as shown in Figure 2. There is a locking tab at the front of the connector (Figure 3) make sure it is secure and locked in place when you are done. We ve included a piece of wire an extra quick-connect so you can try it before you start working on the car. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Copyright 2013 Digitel LLC 6 P a g e